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▶ Pricing, explained

How much does an interim CMO cost?

From EUR 5,000 a month for a project sprint to EUR 25,000 a month for a full mandate with P&L ownership. Interim CMO engagements start at EUR 15,000 a month. A fixed monthly price, not an hourly rate, in monthly cycles with a 30-day exit clause.

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▶ Pricing

One operator, three ways in.

  • Project sprint

    2 to 6 weeks. One defined deliverable, concept to market proof.

    from €5,000per month

  • Interim CMO

    3 to 12 months. Full marketing leadership, operational from day one.

    from €15,000per month

  • Full mandate

    Interim CMO, plus P&L ownership, team building and agent orchestration.

    up to €25,000per month

Monthly cycles and a 30-day exit. If it isn't working, you walk.

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▶ What sets the price

Three things move the number.

The scope of the role
Advising and handing over is the bottom of the range. The full mandate, with a team and a budget, is the top.
Days per week
One day a week is a different engagement from three. The price follows the days, not the meetings.
What reports to you
Leading and reviewing a team takes time that does not go into strategy, and it belongs in the price.

▶ What is not included

So the comparison is fair.

Media budget
You pay it to the channel, not to me.
Licences and tooling
They stay in your name, where they belong.
Execution capacity
If extra hands are needed, that is a separate decision with a separate invoice.

▶ Questions

Before you ask.

No. A fixed monthly price for an agreed scope. An hourly rate turns every question into a calculation, which is exactly the behaviour you do not want from a marketing leader.

How much of the function I take over, and how many days a week that takes. Leading a team of twelve with budget responsibility is a different mandate from revising a strategy and handing it over.

No, this is direct. Published benchmarks for the Dutch interim market mostly measure agency rates, which include an intermediary margin that does not exist here. Do not set a gross agency rate next to this amount.

Project sprints run 2 to 6 weeks and interim leadership 3 to 12 months. I name the number of months I expect in the first conversation, and why.

Low and reversible. Monthly cycles, a 30-day exit clause, scale up or down as the business needs. Compare a six-month agency retainer, or a bad hire that takes a quarter to unwind.

An interim CMO is embedded for a set term, typically 3 to 12 months, to fill a leadership gap. A fractional CMO works part-time across several clients at once: interim suits an urgent gap, fractional suits ongoing guidance.

Day one can be next week.

I only start two new mandates a quarter.

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Monthly cycles, a 30-day exit clause, and a reply within 24 hours.